Wokey, am seriously Bored nw.... Wait! i'm always bored.... but HEY am not a boring person okay.... anyway if u hav read the new paper yesterday, u would have read articles on Gays, Homosexuality in singapore.
This are some of the quotes abstract from yesterday New Paper, article on The G
"Gays OKAY say heartlanders. But ONLY if they stay away"
"Tanjong Pagar is to gays what little india is to indians or what chinatown is to the chinese."
"They're professionals and well educated."
Yep and tat is the quote and nw lets move on to the artcle it self. Here's the article:
Friday nite, Tanjong Pagar. Thumping music, hunks and babes dressed to kill. Macho sauntering, come - hitcher looks. Just another scene at a club? watch a little closer.
At some tanjong pagar pubs the hunks don't check out the babes. They check out other hunks and babes check out other babes. This corner of old chinatown becomes the centre of Singapore gay scene when night falls and the neon lights flicker on.
"Tanjong pagar is to gays what little india is to Indians or Chinatown is to chinese" said a regular patron Issac Ritz, a 22-year-old Ns men. Most of the gay clubs are here he said. In a country still grappling with the idea of homosexuality, Tanjong pagar is Singapore Fringe zone. It's where the "Conservative majority" brushed up against the "liberal minority".
Where singlet-clad uncle shares the same table with the guy with the right earring, and it's okay. As Ms Gina Aw, 43 who owns a chinese restaurant opposite the gay club, puts it with a shug: "You like to drive car, he likes to ride a motorcycle. It's simple as that". The simplicity of logics work both ways. Security guard Joe Nathan, 30, doesn't like "their attitude". "I'll be polite,he said. but draws a line there."
Does he believe that some people are born gay? He offers an old indian saying: "If a cow follows a pig around long enough, it will stop eating grass and start eating like a pig."Or, in less colourful language: Group Influence. The gay debate often takes place at highest levels of society, bringing in genetics and god.
But often, it's street logic that prevails. Ride a motorcycle. Follow a pig. Dismiss it as ignorance? That might be too Simplistic.Homosexuality is an issue that has split the church, challenge medical science and changed laws in some countries.
Sometimes it seems you need to be a doctor, priest or lawyer to answer the question. But not everyone can dissect the issues wisely. although it's becoming increasingly relevant question. Hawker Tan Beng Seng, 53, runs a drinks stall at maxwell market. I like them" he said. "They got standard okay?". They're professional and well-educated, he explained. They ear branded clothes and many are from rich families. "They're a bunch that really knows hot to let their hair down and have a good time," said ms aw.
Down the road, a 37-year-old car jockey Remy A looked almost star-struck talking about the gay crown that arrives on Friday and Saturday nights. "It's a good crowd." he said with a veteran's air. "You should see their bodies, man. Muscle!" And he has never seen the crowds at gay clubs get into fights.
Mr Remy's tone sounds accepting. But what would he do if his son should one day tell him that he is gay? "i'd smack him," he said. The trend seems to be this: A decade ago, it was okay to be gay as long as you didn't come out of the closet. Now, it seems okay to step out of the closet. But just don't step into my backyard.
Is it progress? O just grudging resignation? When gay customer give r tan a friendly peck on the cheek, he doesn't mind. "Kissing and hugging is the way westerners greet each other," he said matter-of-factly, even though not all his gay customers are westerners. Where Does he draw his line?. "if a gay couple were to kiss openly in front of my stall, i'll ask them, please lah, don't like that," he said.
What if it's a male-female couple? His eyes widened in surprise, "Why would i need to do anything? That's perfectly natural," he said. The club or gay hangouts are subtle. A rainbow flag hangs outside one club, quite innocuously.only those in the know understand it's a symbol for gay pride. You won't find men smooching openly here.
It's only late into the nights that you might see a couple stroll past hand in hand. There seems to be an unspoken code. You do your thing and i'll do mine. Live and let Live.
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In other article involve MM Lee. I wont be putting the whole article but here are some of the quote abstract from the article :
"We're actually ready to go in this direction but the public isn't ready yet. It's them not us"- 'Us' as in the government.
"There is a higher proposion of gay people"
" If we want creative people, then we got to put up with their idiosyncrasies so long as they don't infect the heartland" - MM Lee.
"Most Homophobic people i know are religious people"
"Criminalising Homosexuality is immoral"
"Let tanjong pagar (Where gays people hang around) be tanjong pagar, let's not forget there's ang mo kio and toa payoh" - MM Lee
Enough said, its already PROVEN that the government might not have any issue on Homosexuality, ITS clearly stated "the public isn't ready yet. It's them not us" that the public, the singapore citizen is not ready to accept Homosexuality. well have any comment on this article? go ahead and comment it...
Signing off
Ayie
